The Future of Our Common Good
Good Start! This is the first exhibition in the Borders and possibly in Scotland to shine a light on our Common Good. We have sought to show the range of assets that are in the stewardship of Scottish Borders Council and draw attention to how...
Who benefits from our Common Good?
Hopefully we all do! If you live in Peebles or any former Royal Burgh across Scotland, you are more than likely to have benefitted in some way from Common Good or know someone who has. Financial Benefits Each year the Fund gives out grant awards...
What are the assets of the Peebles Common Good Fund?
A lot more than you might imagine! The Fund contains: Property portfolio currently valued at over £8 million Investment funds in the region of £500,000 Cash reserves in the order of £30,000 Art and antique collections Property Scottish Borders Council’s online Common Good Register contains...
Who owns Common Good Funds?
It’s complicated! In recent years, new land reform and community empowerment legislation has been passed by the Scottish Parliament that has drawn a fresh focus on Common Good. Over centuries, land and property (both fixed and moveable) acquired by royal burghs and recorded in their...
Common Good? What’s all that about?
Evidence suggests many Peebles residents know little or nothing about Common Good. A poll conducted around the town by members of the Peebles Common Good Forum revealed that, although most people had heard of the Peebles Common Good Fund, only a handful could name any...
What is Common Good?
Common Good? What’s all that about? Evidence suggests many Peebles residents know little or nothing about Common Good. A poll conducted around the town by members of the Peebles Common Good Forum revealed that, although most people had heard of the Peebles Common Good Fund,...
Peebles Whole Town Plan
Click here to see the Scottish Borders Council Plan